Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1930 — Page 1

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■w ' I'T> n\- PAGE SIX') Kver Will Address ■ Radio Vjdis-nee Soon ■ ' 'UP: ' accepted an to ,r..-r a radio ad- ■»: I'ion honoring Hi! ■ ■ Welch Ilf Johns flu- dean of be broadcast ■x.c • idcasting Cor.Ks rh.iin ami may be transmit- ■> all parts of the world. lITE POLICE iffl AIJTOISTS ■al Auto Owners DrivB W ithout Tail Lights ■Get Final Warning ■tie motor police Lieutenant B.'-rs .im; Mu motorcycle assis- ■ ‘•am* to lietatur unexpectedly ■- :<a y night and forced all autoBe drivers, who were driving ■ cars without proper lights, to ■media ely to local garages and ■ •heir lights repaired. ■ h driver was given final warn■oacerning the state laws callI t two front and a rear light ■titiir.iobiiHs. Lieutenant Ayers B-'l that last night's work would Bmn- indefinitely because many B“t accidents were traced to deB’t'e auto lights. B law states that all automoBmust have two front lights and B r light or reflector when travelhtghways after sunset in the Lieutenant Ayers said the '* ?s be ng enforced throughout Rate. ’"“ than 60 motorists were) lot in the ne t h ere ] ast n jght. ™ree policemen are still in Detand stated they would remain j ‘ ew days. ——_4 SPRING IS HERE They're at it, so spring must ' here. ■ Harr >' Moltz and “Izzy" Bern.n“ local golf artists, who 8 ‘ m many championships the afternoon off yester- '■ and menaced the turf at i Decatur Country Club golf j torse. | course both report a dis- j ■’ n t outcome of the game, | 1 tarry stated confidentially | ' Izzy played the last three | ’’ s wth a white door-knob | - "ie he discovered his error. I “•nar l Clark, club manager, | . today that the course | ’ open, with the exception | thf “ greens and that the en- j e course would be in shape I a tew days. ~~ — ♦

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j $500,000 Heart Balm Largest on Record i j * I A J Mrs. Charles I). Gibbons has been awarded $500,000 heart balm against Mrs. Blanche Powell, wealthy Westchester, N. Y., society woman. Mrs. Gibbons charged that the latter had alienated the affections of her husband. The award is said to be the largest on record. VESTAL SEEKS ANOTHER TERM Bth District Congressman Announces Candidacy on Republican Ticket Hon. Albert H. Vestal, of Anderson, eighth district congressional representative, announced today

that he would seek the Republican nomination at the May primary. Congressman Vestal has represented th‘s district in the lower house I of congress for 14 years. In announcing his candidacy for - re-election Mr. Vestal said: i “I hereby announce my candidacy ■ for re-nomination as Representa - tive in Congress from this, the ; Bigirth Congressional District, at ; the primary to be held May 6. 1930. f For the past thirteen years I i have represented this District, having first been elected in 1926, just t prior to our gutty into the World r War. Dining that period 1 have . served as Chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures; for the past five years as Chairman of the Committee on Patents and Copyrights; and seven years ago was unanimously chosen as Republican Whip of the House, which position I now hold. I was i selected by the President as a memJber of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission, now engaged in erecting a memorial at Vincennes, Indiana; and I have been actively ' idenified with much of the legisla tion passed since becoming a member of Congress. It has been my one ambition so to serve my District, State anil Nation as to merit the respect and confidence not only of my constituents but of the entire membership of the House. If my stand for constitution ■ al government, restrictiton of immi- ' giation, reduction of taxes whereever possible, and the maintenance of the American standard of living —all of which mean so much to the economic welfare and happiness of the citizens of the United States' 1 and my determined opposition to the nullification of any part of the Constitution; to the spread of Bolshevism. radicalism and conimun(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o —— TEAM GUESTS OF ROTARIANS Catholic State Champions Entertained at Local Rotary Club Meeting The D. C. H. S. Commodores, state Ca'holc high school basketball champions were guests of the Decatur Rotary club at the regular meeting of the club last evening. The Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. Rev. Joseph A. Hession. athletic director of the Decatur Catholic high school and George Laurent, coach of the team, were also guests of the club and were called on for short talks. Enno Lankenau. superintendent of the General Electric Company, was chairman of the meeting. A talk on athletics was given by Dr. Fred Patterson, who remarked in the course of his instructive talk hat athletics helped to make good men and that more than the thrill of winning could be obtained from the game. He emphasized the point of playing the game square and how (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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TWO KILLED IN PRISON BREAK New Jersey Prisoner and Guard Killed: Model Inmate Starts Riot Trenton, N. J„ Mar. 14.—<U.R> -A desperate, carefully planned attempt to escape from the New .Jersey state prison here by Charles Evans. lifer amt trust}. uru.ngh.t him death instead of liberty, cost the life of Frank Butcher, a guard, and resulted in serious wounds to guard William Gordon. s Tear bombs and bullets checked i any attempt by the 1.600 prisoners • to escape from the prison in the ' uproar that followed Evan’s attack I upon Charles Soren. a guard, which • was the first step in his plot. ■ Evans leaped upon Soren with a i “home-made" blackjack shortly before 6 p. m. yesterday while the prison population was locked in cells after supp°r. Soren called for help as he went down, but Evans seized his gun and tied. Soren’s outcry brought guards with tear bombs. Evans pumped I several shots into the attacking force, and Butcher fell dead, shot j through the head and stomach.| i Gordon was wounded in the should- ■ er. Evans fled before the rain of tear bombs, and was found a few minutes later, with a bullet through his head. He had used his last ‘ cartridge for himself. ' Evans had served seven years' of a life sentence for killing two policemen in Jersey City. He was regarded as a model prisoner. Wai den Edward B. Stone announced after the riot that he; would withdraw all trusty privili ages. 0 Murder Trial Progresses • ' -- Colville. Wash., Mar. 14— U.R>— A bitter conflict between former sweethearts —a full-blooded Indian girl and a white youth of the backwoods — neared a close today as each endeavored to blame the other for the slaying of Jhe girl's aged mother. They are jointly charged ! with the crime. The small Stevens county courtroom was crowded with colorfully garbed Indians, who listened intently as the attorneys for Helen Moses and Clarence Hartley fought to save their clients’ lives. A youthful prosecuting attorney--T. I. Oakshott —struggled to weave a case about the former lovers on the basis of the girl’s asserted confession after the crime. o — BOXING MATCH FEATURES MEET K. of P. Members Have Athletic Program Following Lodge Meet Amature boxing ruled at the Knights of Pythias home last night, following the regular meeting and great enthusiasm was displayed over the three matches between six local members of the lodge. In the first bout. Elmer Chase and Marion Hoagland tangled for three rounds. Carl Fisher and Joe Hunter staged the second three-round match as the applause grew In the final match the crowd was wild. The chief go was between Roy Momma and Harve Lammiman, local ban-tam-weights. The closing three-round scrap was one that will always be rememberen at the local lodge. Both men registered a lot of punches, but both tired at the close of the third round. The matches were called a draw in each instance. Next Thursday night, following the regular meeting of the lodge, another athletic program will be given. All members of the lodge are invited to attend the affairs. It was announced at the meeting that the local lodge would be hosts to Grand Chancellor Charles Loy in the near future. Chancellor Loy's visit to this city will include the annual inspection of the lodge. * o Macy Hume Has Fire Firemen were called to the H. B. Macy home this morning where a roof fire caused considerable damage. After a few minutes the flames were extinguished. A por- i tion of the roof was destroyed, but the damage was not estimated.

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Eight-Year-Old Marvel Hero of Four Rescues / jit J,?' - L Jr A I ijZ: * i, - w < ✓ • T< fl ■* «- f ? : W * I - Eight-year-old Palm Tippy, only ' child swimming instructor in the world and one of the youngest | heroes on record. The freckle- . faced lad dives from a ninety-foot I tower, gives swimming instruction to his elders and goes on exhibition swimming tours when things get ‘‘slow’.” He learned to swim at the age of six months when' he fell into the Miami River from a houseboat. alamstheatre NAS NEW TALKIE Local Show House Installs Disc and Film Machinery Today A liew talking motion pic’tiro equipment capable of producing sound either from film or disc has been isntalled at the Adams theatre in this city. I. A. Kalver. proprietor of the theatre stated that the new equipment was all installed and would be used at once. Those who have heard the new machine say it is one of the best in the state. The acoustics of the theatre have been altered and the sound effect is as strong in the center of the building as it is at the front or rear. Mr. Kalver stated that he had the doable ground equipment installed in order that local theatre-goeri might have the advantage of being able to see all of the leading pictures of the year, some of which arc produced on disc and others on film. The disc machine has been in use for the last three or four days and the installation of the film equipment was completed today The amplifiers also have been changed in order to get better production from the new machinery. Fire Does Damage Everett, Mass., Mar. 14. —(U.R) —j Fire accompanied by at least 20 explosions levelled six buildings of the plant of the Merrimac Chemical Company on the bank of the Mystie river near the terminal of the Boston elevated railway here early today. Total damage was estimated at approximately $750,000. Scores of firemen were injured fighting the blaze, some being overcome by smoke and others suffering from inhalation of sulphur fu mes. ————————o ■ — Damon and Pythias Take Lodge Parts Muncie, Ind., March 14 —(UP) — Modern Damon and Pythias stepped into the roles of the Biblical story in recent initiation at the Pythian lodge at Muncie. Twin bro hers. Damon Coy and Pythias Coy, sons of William L. Coy past chancellor of the order, made pledges of love, duty and friendship as did the brothers in the Bibical story upon which the Knights of Pythias ritual is based.

MEN'S BANQUET ' IS SCHEDULED j Presbyterian Church Men Will Banquet Tonight at I Local Church Parlors All memos the Presbyterian • chui i h have been invited tu attend' ; a meeting and banquet tonight, a I 6:15 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church in th s city. The trustees I of the chureh have planned the affair, and refuse to reveal who th ■ chief speaker will be. The banquet will be served in the | church pallors by the women of the chureh, and a program and meeting will follow. All men of the .church I have been invited by spet ial letters to attend the meeting. While the trustees refused to reveal the program it was indicated that an in eresting sjieaker hail been obtained for the meeting. Special music also will be on the program. The banquet will start promtply at 6:: 15 in order that the entire progtam might be carried out on time, so as not to conflict with later meetings tonight. The committee urged •hat all men attend. PLAYLET GIVEN AT HIGH SCHOOL ' Home Economics Pupils Have Charge of Regular Chapel Period “Nothing, Absolutely Nothing 1 New Under the Sun." a one-act playlet, was presented to the pupils of ’ Decatur High School this morning 1 |at the regular chapel hour by the ‘ 1 pupils of the Home Economic de--1 partment under the dicectlon of Miss Delores Wertenberger. The play was a clever satire on the modem dress, showing the evo | lution of fashions. The principal I idea was that the only thing which 1 this modern age has contributed t > i i women's fashions is short skirts, i and now they are being replaced by fashions of a past age. Those who look part in the play j were the Misses Eileen Burk, Kathryn Hower, Dorothy Little. Mary Maxine Brown, and Minnie Moyer. Following the play the pupils of > the advanced sewing class gave a , style show wearing dresses which they made in the class. During the revue Miss Virginia Miller presided at the piano. Those who took part in this number were the Misses Gladys Thompson. Maxine Delinger, ‘ Crystal McKinley. Rosamond Gould, and Margaret Kitson. A novelty number “Alice Blu'” Gown" was sung by Miss Mary Engle and a group of girls. o— — Huston Says He Did Not Lose All Interest I Washington. March 14— (UP)— i Claudius Huston, chairman of the ; Republican National Committee, admitted before the senate lobby com I ' rnittee today that he did not lose interest in the plans of the Tennessee river improvement association when ' he resigned last summer as president of the organization to take his present post. Huston said he did not “cancel plans" which existed prior to his becoming chairman of the Republican committee. 0 ZIMMERMAN IS UNDER ARREST Former Angola Man Faces Prohibition Law Violation Charge Charles Zimmerman Angola, former sheriff of Steuben county, and Russell Eckhart, a deputy under Zimmerman, wei£ arrested on charges of consp racy to violate the national prohibition act by Deputy U. S. Marshal Herman V. Atkins yesterday morning. Zimmerman and Eckhart gave themselves up to the deputy, marshal at his office Thursday morning. They are named in new indictments returned by the federal grand jury at South Bend. Zimmerman is named in two indictments, one be- 1 ing the Guy e Emrick indictment which contains 27 names. The other is another conspiracy indictment (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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BANKERS FIGHT TAXING SYSTEM Suit Attacks Validity of State Tax System; 11th Amendment Quoted Indianapolis, Mar. 14. (U.R) A I suit attacking the validity of Indiana's system of taxation, which if successful would wipe som ■ $90.Oon.OOfl of bank assessments from the total tax duplicates of the state, was filed by the Infiiam; I Bankers’ Association in superior I court at Indianapolis yesterday. According to the Bankers' Association announcement, the suit is designed to drive a wedge into the Indiana tax system and compel revision either through acts of the legislature or by constitutional amendment. The suit charges that holders of national bank stock are being discriminated against by taxing officials. This discrimination, the suit charges, is a violation of the Federal statute regulating local taxation of national banks. It is further charged that collection of such taxes violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the constitution of the United States and violates the state constitution which provides "for a uniform and equal rate of I assessment and taxation." i Under Indiana law all bank stock lis assessed at true cash value by I the state board of tax comnrssionI ers. Holders of bank stock are not permitted to deduct outstanding indebtedness from the assessment. It is charged that holders of stock in other financial institutions in Indiana, which compete with national banks, are granted this privelege under the law. thereby allowing discrimination prohibited by the Federal statute. Woman Loses Life In Effort to Save Babe Chicago, Mar. 14.—(U.R)— A spark of life in the body of a 15 months old bAby gave hope today that the sacrifice of Mrs. Agnes Astrauskas, 43. his grandmother, was not in vain. * The grandmother and the child’s mother were wheeling him in his carriage across a railroad track when a train bore down on them. A wheel of the baby buggy caught between the rail and a plank. The mother. Mrs. Helen Smith, jumped to safety. The grandmother struggled with the baby carriage. When the train was stopped 200 feet down ths track. Mrs. Astrauskas was dead and the baby whs perhaps fatally injured. 0 LOCAL WOMAN'S SON APPOINTED Rey. Rudolph Worthman Goes to Fort Wayne Reformed Church Rev. Rudolph A. Worthman, son of Mrs. Henry Worthman of thia city, and pastor of the Zion Reformed church at Freeport, 111., has accep ed a call to become pastor of the Salem Reformed church at For 1 ■ Wayne, it was announced last I night by George Ehrman. chairman of the Salem church’ pulpit supply committee. Rev. Worthman will come to the I Salem Church subject to the approI val of his congregation at Freeport. He was extended a call to the j pastorate of the Salem church several weeks ago. He preached a trial sermon at the Salem church about one tnon h ago and met with the approval of the Salem congregation. The pastorate of the Salem church has been vacant, since the resignat on of Rev. F. W. Knatz who is now serving as pastor of the Trinity Reformed church of Detroit. Rev. Wot hman is a graduate of 1918 class ol' the Mission House seminary of the Reformed church of Plymouth, Wis. He has been serv ing as pastor at Freeport for the last eight years and is well-known throughout middlewestern Reform ed church He is the son of Mrs. Henry Wor.hman who resides with Mrs. Alvin Egley, a sister to Rev. Worth man, on Mercer avenue. Rev. Worthman is also a cousin to M. F. Worth man of this city, and is well known it this community. He will begin his new duties at Fort Wayne about July 1, t was reported.

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i iiepre-ont IT. S. at ! Pr;u.'.isun Congress I ... >lj|| ’ W. Frank Penn, superintendent !of the Pcnn-ylvania Training : : School at Morganza, is one of the ' ’ twelve delegates appointed by ' | President Hoover to attend the ' | meeting of the International PrisI I on Congress at The Prague, Czechoslovakia. DIGEST STRAW VOTE RELEASED » ■ First Week of Poll in National Vote Shows Gain For Wets t New York. Mar. 14.—(U.R)—Early ‘ returns in the Literary Digest's national poll on the prohibition , issue showed those in favor of - modifictaion or repeal ahead in the - first skirmish. Ten ytates are included in the f statistics made public by the mag- ■ azine today whch reveal the fol- » lowing tabulation: 1 For enforcement 80,739 For modification .. ... 91,915 i- For repeal 118,984 , The editors of the Literary Digest hastened to point bitt, how ever, that it is much too early to draw general conclusions from > those figures, because only about 300,000 ballots have been tabulated . whereas 20,000.000 were sent out. 4 Moreover, such populous states as , New York. New Jersey ami Illino's—generally conceded to be wet , iu sentiment are included in this early tabulation. , The three questions which ap- . i pear on the ballots are: “Do you favor the continuance land strict enforcement of the I eighteenth amendment and Vol- , stead law? I “Do you favor a modification of the Volstead law to include light wipes and beer? , “Do you favsr repeal of the prohibition amendment?" The vote by states follows. Enforce- Modifiment cation Repeal Total 111. . 11.201 14.680 21,175 47,056 ! Indiana 6.124 4,236 3,830 14,199 I lowa 10,150 7.364 6.607 24.121 Kas. 6.783 2.739 2,110 11.638 Minn. 8,233 8,084 9.625 25,942 I Mo. 9,026 8,432 13.101 30,559 Neb. 3,047 1.990 1,644 6.701 N.J. 1,742 3.644 5,650 11.036 N. Y. '11,534 27,547 42.228 81,309 Ohio 12.593 13.199 12.935 39,027 Totals, 80,739 91.915 118,934 291.558 The Literary Digest began taking polls on presidential elections predicting the election of Presi(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CENTRAL HAS FINE PROGRAM St. Patrick’s Day Program Given by Pupils at Junior High The 8A pupils under the direction of Miss Grace Coffee, had charge of a special St. Patrick’s Day program which they presented to the pup’ls of Central School this morning at the regular chapel hour. The program in charge of Miss Coffee and a committee composed of Miss Ellen Gephart. chairman and Joyce Riker, was presented as follows: Piano duet "Beautiful Star of Heaven"—Margaret Campbell and Vera Porter. Irish Jokes Marcella Gilbert. Vocal Solo —"Mother Machree" - Miss Naomi Durkin. Quartet, “My Wild Irish Rose” — Helena Rayl, Kathryn Engeler, Ignicio Hernandez, and William Saunders. “A Little Irish Song"—Eight A girls. ‘

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ISAYS SUFFRAGE OF WOMEN WILL CONTINUE LAWS House Committee Hears More Testimony Today In Better Humor iLaGUARDIA IS LEADING WETS ’ Washington, Mttr. 14 —(U.R) i— Thp wets haven’t man’s chance” of overturning I the dry law, Col. Raymond Robins,. Chicago feconomist, predicted today before the house judiciary committee, which, once more in a calm mood, continued its hearings on prohibition. Robins based his belief upon woman suffrage, saying with the woman vote “arithmetic is on my side." The clash between committee members which abruptly ended yesterday’s session when exception was taken to charges by wet : members that Mrs. Henry Peabody, I Boston dry leader, had coached w'tnesses was closed today when Chairman Graham announced she did not desire to make any change in the record regarding the charge. Graham. 79-year-old chairman of the house judiciary committee, put ■ into effect a new strong gavel method of preserving order between the belligerent wets and dTys. He declined to let Rep. Dyer. Repn., Mo., put into the record a telegram from Robert Dollar. Pacific steamship king denying there were bars on his ships. He likewise prevented Rep. T.aGuardia. Repn., N. Y.. from inserting telegramsf rotn Dollar’s passengers stating, according to La--1 Guardia, that Dollar's ship do have 1 ba rs. Dyer and LaGuardia argued but ' Graham declined to hear them and asked Robins, first dry witness of the day. to proceed. Robins said prohibition came for five reasons: the moral adventure of America seeking a better human life: the close of the frontier and the urban movement: extension of general education and scientific knowledge; rise of the standard of living and the seeking (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CAST IS NAMED FOR OPERETTA D. H. S. Glee Clubs to Present Musical With College Setting Brinkdale College, where the leading characters of “College Days’’ attend school, is the scene of a baseball game iplayed wit it a rival school, Fairview, in the opening of the operetta to be given here March 20 and 21. The score at the ninth inning is still tied when a B: inkdale man hits a home run that scores a victory for the Brinkdale nine. After the game the students of Brinkdale college display the usual enthusiasm prevalent on a college campus after a victory over a bitter rival. Davy Carson, hero of the baseball game, is the devoted admirer |of Dot, daughter of the college president, inside and outside of the baseball diamond. Miss Dot is an attractive coed and has other admirers, one of them. "Dude," is a bitter enemy of Davy. “Dude’’ is jealous of Davy who apparently has scored another “hit" with Dot after his splendid performance in the game, and for revenge secures the services of a pool-room proprietor to plot against Davy, and accuses him of foul play in the game. The plot is successful and as a result Davy is expelled from (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ’ ♦ ♦ STATE TOURNEY SCORES ! | Friday Morning Washington, 20; Martinsville, i I 14 - Franklin, 33: Dugger, 19. Delphi, 28; Kokomo, 17. Friday After noon Connersville, 25; Salem, 18. j Connersville, 25; Salem, IS.